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X-Surf 100 - Amiga | X-Surf 100 is an 100 Mbit Ethernet Zorro-II/III card for the Amiga. The card can be used in a A2000, A3000 or the A4000. Specifications: 100 Mbit, 32-bit Zorro-III interface or Sana-II device (OS 2.0 - OS 3.9), Gold-plated Zorro contacts. The card is also prepared for a forthcoming high-speed USB module.

C64warez.com | Mhoney made a new web page for Commodore 64 programs. On this web page you can find all kinds of utilities (No games). The categories are: Disk, File and Tape utilities, Telecom, Graphics and Sound, Miscellaneous, Programming, Operating System and PC related programs. You can also upload a missing utility.

Club Info 131 | In this German language d64 magazine for the Commodore C116, C16 and the Plus/4 the following articles: Forum, Market, Agenda, Scene, Tips & Tricks, The Way of the Exploding Fist, Knight & Demons, Luna Rescue, Computer jokes, Hardware: Keyboard, Guides: Mimi, Mayhem, Jäger de Verlorenen Möhre, Scapeghost, Games creator and other systems.

CBM prg Studio v2.8.0 | Arthur Jordison has released a new version of CBM prg Studio. Changes in this version: Screen RAM viewer for debugger. Project comments. Save/load configuration settings. Import multicolour bitmaps into the sprite editor. Export binary files from the character editor. And a much improved BASIC and assembly generation time.

Cassiopei - PET/CBM, VIC20, C16, Plus/4, C64, C128 | More information about the new project of Jan Derogee (inventor of the 1541-III) has been found. The project is called Cassiopei (which stands for Cassette IO peripheral expansion interface). It is a USB device that can also operate stand alone. USB is required for uploading the files to flash memory and for the configuration. It can play back .TAP files, and load .PRG files at normal speed or .PRG files 50 times faster then normal! The Cassiopei can also be used to connect to your own hardware designs. Using the box header connector at the back of the device to connect many servo motors, but the small remote control suggests much more. It is a remote for controlling your home lights. This would mean that the project would be very versatile, even usable for controlling your home lights? All this functionality combined with the fact that it is indeed usable on multiple systems ranging from the PET to the C128 would make it a very practical device for anyone with a 8-bit CBM.

BetterWB v2.9 | BetterWB is a new workbench pack, like AIAB, Amikit, AmigaSYS, ClassicWB etc. It aims to be an enhancement and an update to AmigaOS 3.1 but without the need of extra hardware. Changes in this edition: Improvements for MIDI, Printfiles tool, PFS3, SuperPlus and DMS. Added: Gzip, LZX, DontShowIBorder, ModePro, MagicMenu and TSGUI. More general improvements and removed some errors.

F7 Turbo Card - C64 | Lotharek is working on a new expansion for the Commodore C64. The specifications of the F7 Accelerator are: External CPU turbo card for C64/128, WDC 65C816 processor @ 20MHz, Xilinx XC95, 512 kB SRAM, 14.5 MB DRAM, 512 kB Flash and a external 5V power supply.

Vic Menu V26 - VIC20 | Boray released a new version of Vic Menu for the Commodore VIC-20. This program can be used with a VIC-20 and original disk drive or an IEC device. The JSLOAD option will require a memory expansion. Recent changes: Improved menu, cursor keys for page changes and //:S can be used to show the current directory or sub directory.

Amiga NetBSD v6.1.1 | NetBSD/amiga is the port of NetBSD to the Amiga line of personal computers. Currently, NetBSD/amiga runs on any Amiga with Motorola 68020 or better CPU with some form of MMU. The minimum RAM requirement is about 8 MB FASTMEM, the minimum hard disk space needed is about 75 MB. Recent changes: Security updates, Bug fixes and a driver improvement for Deneb expansion cards.

Knights & Demons - C16, Plus/4 | Kabuto Factory released a game for the Commodore C16 and Plus/4. The game is written in Basic and is compatible with NTSC and PAL. The game is a logical game based on EORoid games. In the game you must help Bakelor, Lord of the War and King of the Single Knights to defeat the hostile armies.

Wakkabox - AROS | Wakkabox is a game for AROS. The game is originally developed by Kenneth Lorenz Knowles and cavemann made the AROS version. Wakkabox is an amusing block shuffling puzzle game written in C using SDL. In the game you must move the big block with the red dot to the opposite position on the board.

C64games.de | The web page c64games.de had an update. You can now find 6034 games on this web page. The new games are: ALI 1001, Bomber Attack, Chopper Command, Codebusters, Coins, Cuby, Der neue Rechenmax, Dina Math, Dogcatcher, Fire Trap, Flak Commando, Flak-Commander, Flap, Flunky, Geo Plus, Gheddafiah, Hells Bells, Hover, Learning English Modern Course, Lets Go 3, Mad Flunky, Mine Canyon, Moondog, Mrs Mop, Mysterix, Scramble 1k, Stalingrad Campaign, Superbike and The Great Escape.

Return #15 | Return magazine is a German print magazine about the 8-bit computers from A (Atari) to Z (ZX Spectrum). In this edition: Fractals, Interview: David Fox, Mattel Intellivision, DK II Arcade, Book: Coin-Op (Atari), Wonderboy, Neo Geo (2), Tandy Radio Shack, TRS-80, 6502 - CC65, Helicopter games, Bomberman Desert (CZ-Tunes) and the news from the scene.

Nano VM 3.1.0 - Amiga | Nano is a register based virtual machine. The Nano VM core has 64 bit registers for integer and double numbers. Features are: Types: byte, short int, long int, long long int (64 bit), double and string. Arrays, ANSI output, file I/O, Multi-threading, TCP/IP socket and virtual memory.

8-Bit Cities | The 8-Bit Cities project makes maps from cities. But the maps look like if they are made on a 8-Bit computer such as the Nintendo Entertainment System or the Commodore 64. At the moment the following cities are available: Amsterdam, Austin, Berlin, Boston, Boulder, Detroit, Kyoto, London, New Orleans, New York, Nijmegen, Oklahoma City, Paris, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Singapore and Washington D.C.

New cassette port hardware | This image has leaked out of the lab of the inventor of the 1541-III, Jan Derogee. It appears that he is busy developing a device that connects to the cassette-port. The cassette connector adapter suggests that this device is also tested on the C16/Plus4. Could this device be the next generation of TAP file players or is it capable of much more? We hope to track down the source of this image in order to find more out about this promising development.

Asgard Met Vikings - Amiga | Asgard Met Vikings is a game for the Amiga. The game is written by pinhead, Lemmy made the graphics and the music is from Premium. In the game you must catch as many bottles as possible thrown by Odin from Asgard. The game can be played with one or two players on a Amiga with 1 MB RAM.

FRGCB | FRGCB (Finnish Retro Game Comparison Blog) is a new web page that writes about retro games. But the difference is that this blog compares the games between the different computers like the C64, Amiga, MSX, NES, CPC, DOS, etc. You can read about the following games: Percy the Potty Pigeon, Wanted Monty Mole, Stunt Car Racer and Bruce Lee.

FlipPaper - Amiga | FlipPaper is a MUI program which will allow you to manage your wallpaper pictures and swap automatically between them periodically. The program is available in the following languages: English, Czech, Spanish, Dutch, Greek, Swedish and German. Recent changes: Improved the random showing of pictures. No more slowdown when changing pictures.

Star Commander - Windows 7 | Decker made a video about Star Commander (for Commodore disk drives) running on Windows 7. For this test he used the following: XM1541 cable, Commodore serial cable, Dual LPT add-on PCI card, Custom *usermode driver by MyTec Electronics and a modified version of Star Commander.

Valtra Tractors - AROS | Valtra Tractors is a game for AROS made by Martin Storsjö. In this game you must build the longest route that is possible. But you must also prevent that other people make a long route. The game is based on the board game with the same name.

Jonathan Kendall collection | The GTW web page has made an article about the Jonathan Kendall collection. Jonathan made C64 software in the nineties for the Zenit corporation. He worked on the Funschool series and the C64 conversion of Darius + for The Edge.

TinyJSid - HTML5 | Jürgen Wothke released the TinyJSid. This is an experimental JavaScript / HTML5 version of Tiny'R'Sid. You need a modern browser such as Chrome or Firefox to use this player. With the help of JavaScript and HTML5 the Commodore C64 is emulated , and plays an original *.sid file.

Very rare Italian C16, Plus/4 cassettes | The Plus/4 World web page acquired some very rare cassette software for the C16 and the Plus/4. A few examples are: Dots Eater, Bomber, Bolt Knight, Impariamo A Conoscere Le Ossa, Calcolo Dell'Ora Nel Mondo, Wacky Painter, Tennis, Magic Brush and Pixin.

Scene World #21 | Scene World is a English diskette magazine for the PAL and NTSC Commodore 64 scene. In this edition of Scene World: Editorial, Feedback, BBS and Diskette magazine Scene, iPhone Emulator and iCade, PAL / NTSC News, Interviews: Kai Spitzley, JTR, Richard Bayliss, Dave Haynie and Retro Hunter, New games and the charts.

SID-Fixer | SID Fixer is a new hardware expansion for the Commodore 64 or 128. This makes it possible to switch between a 6581 (old SID) and a 8580 (new SID). Features are: Selectable SID, Protection of the in- and outputs of the SID. Noise reduction. Stereo music possible with a small alteration of the motherboard. The estimated price is 79.90 Euro. More details on ordering will follow.

Pooyan - VIC20 | Beamrider is working on the game Pooyan for the Commodore VIC20. He was not satisfied with the Pooyan version for the VIC20 and decided to make his own version. The game will be written in machine code and make use of Robert Hurst's Software Sprite Stack. You can follow the progress of the game on the Denial forum.

Tower Toppler - AROS | Tower Toppler is a game for AROS and is a clone of the game Nebulus. The original Nebulus game is created by John M. Phillips and published by Hewson in 1987. In the game you walk around a tower and you have to deactivate the evil mechanism inside the tower. But the tower is guarded by strange robots.

Amiga Music Box 1 - Plus/4 | If you like Amiga tunes and Plus/4 demos, then you must listen to the Amiga Music Box. The demo contains two tunes by Spektro, that are converted from the Amiga to the Plus/4. Csabo made the software to play the tunes via the TED chip.

Assist v1.6 - AmigaOS 4 | Assist is a collection of information: All the content from the Get the most out of your AMIGA PDF guide, shortcuts and links. Assist helps with downloading and unpacking of software, plays YouTube videos and it has AmiUpdate support. Changes in this version: Page numbers below the articles list. Improved button descriptions and OS4Depot downloading. Requester if AmiCygnix or Qt is needed. Added 40 new articles and updated various others.

Commodore Vegas Expo v9 2013 | Robert Bernardo made a couple of videos at this years Commodore Vegas Expo. You can watch the following videos on his blib.tv page: PETpix (PETvideo) - Mike Hill, Kryoflux - John Ferrell, SuperCard Pro - Jim Drew, EasyFlash - Steve Davison, Amiga - Lars Nelson, C64 demos - Shiflet and Imagery C64 - Kent and Kyle.

WHDLoad | WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard disk. New: Manic Raves 2 (Logic System). Improved: Monoxide (Vanish), Don Martin Music Disk (Hypnosis), Megademo (Beastie Boys), Manic Raves 2 (Logic System), Megademo 3 (Alcatraz), Megademo (Precise), Digital Complexity (Crass) and Music Disk (Thrust).

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